The Colorado Legacy Foundation serves as a critical friend and partner to the Colorado Department of Education in the effective implementation of good public policy. The foundation identifies promising practices, invest in innovative work, recommend policy, evaluate results, and share our findings with all Colorado school districts and schools.
On December 3, 2012, the Ford Foundation and the National Center on Time & Learning will announce a groundbreaking collaborative effort to expand and reimagine the school day, and to help level the...more
The Colorado Legacy Foundation will use a $5.9 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant to continue work on its year-old Integration Project, an effort to implement the...more
The Colorado Legacy Foundation received a grant of $10.5 million to increase the diversity of students taking Advanced Placement tests at 30 Colorado schools.
The grant was initiated from the...more
The Legacy Foundation in June announced the grants after landed $9.7 million, mostly from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The point of the project is to highlight effective work already...more
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $9.7 million grant to the Colorado Legacy Foundation as part of an effort to boost high school graduation rates. The Colorado Legacy Foundation...more
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